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Associated Press:
White House staff, Secret Service eye virus with fear, anger — WASHINGTON (AP) — The West Wing is a ghost town. Staff members are scared of exposure. And the White House is now a treatment ward for not one — but two — COVID patients, including a president who has long taken the threat of the virus lightly.
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CNN:
Trump's reckless return met with a dramatically changed White House — (CNN)President Donald Trump may be eagerly seeking a return to normal after three nights in the hospital. But the White House he arrived home to Monday with dramatic and reckless flourish has changed drastically since …
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Axios:
With Trump's return, risks rise in the West Wing — White House aides have advised President Trump to avoid the Oval Office while he's still infected. But they're making arrangements for him to work out of the Diplomatic Reception Room in the West Wing, and use it as a backdrop …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump mounts bizarre and misleading White House return despite warnings
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Associated Press:
D.C. gov't says it's been unable to connect with White House for Covid contact tracing
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Washington Post:
Trump returns to White House, downplaying virus that hospitalized him and turned West Wing into a ‘ghost town’
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New York Times:
Trump Live Updates: Trump, Back at the White House, Continues to Downplay Virus — The president is charging into uncharted territory, against the advice of doctors who warned against leaving the hospital and about the random and often lethal nature of Covid-19.
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Associated Press:
‘An embarrassment’: Trump tweet angers pandemic survivors — SEATTLE (AP) — Dizzy with a soaring fever and unable to breathe, Scott Sedlacek had one thing going for him: He was among the first people to be treated for COVID-19 at Seattle's Swedish Medical Center, and the doctors and nurses were able to give him plenty of attention.
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CBS News:
Restaurant staffers in quarantine after working Trump fundraiser
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Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Joe Biden takes shot at Trump over wearing masks with Twitter meme
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump risks new backlash with COVID bravado
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Dhruv Khullar / New Yorker:
The Recklessness of Trump's Return to the White House
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden expands lead over Trump after contentious debate and President's Covid diagnosis — Chalian: Trump hit high-water mark of disapproval on key issue — (CNN)Joe Biden's advantage over President Donald Trump has expanded and the former vice president now holds his widest lead …
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
More Voters Trust Biden on Covid — Challenger pulls into double-digit lead over Trump — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a 12-point lead over Donald Trump among all registered voters in Pennsylvania and anywhere from an 8-point to 11-point lead among likely voters, according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
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Ken Haddad / WDIV-TV:
Poll: Biden bolsters lead over Trump in Michigan after first debate — Biden holds lead in early voting — DETROIT - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has increased his lead over President Donald Trump in Michigan following the first debate, according to a new WDIV/Detroit News poll.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump is reinforcing all of his coronavirus problems, all at once — When President Trump came down with the coronavirus last week, CNN's pollsters rushed to insert new questions into a survey. Among the new questions: Will Trump's diagnosis change the way he confronts the virus?
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
Democrats Haven't Landed a Punch on Amy Coney Barrett — Supreme Court Sides with GOP, Reinstates South Carolina's Ballot Witness Requirement — House Democrats Want to Force You to Pay for Abortion — Her Supreme Court nomination has been smooth sailing so far. — T
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
On campaign trail, vulnerable GOP senators play down a more conservative Supreme Court
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David Wasserman / New York Times:
The 10 Bellwether Counties That Show How Trump Is in Serious Trouble — Each one is in a battleground state. Votes from people there will matter a lot — and offer Joe Biden several paths to victory. — Mr. Wasserman is the House editor at The Cook Political Report.
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Tom Lyden / FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
Subject of Project Veritas voter fraud story says he was offered bribe — Liban Osman is featured prominently in a video released last week by the conservative media operation Project Veritas claiming there is “massive voter fraud” in Minnesota orchestrated by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
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New York Times:
White House Blocks New Coronavirus Vaccine Guidelines — The F.D.A. proposed stricter guidelines for emergency approval of a coronavirus vaccine, but the White House chief of staff objected to provisions that would push approval past Election Day. — WASHINGTON — Top White House officials …
New York Times:
Trump's Campaign Saw an Opportunity. He Undermined It. — The health crisis was a chance for a political reset, some advisers believed, to show a new, more empathetic stance toward the coronavirus. But the candidate did not stick to the narrative. — On Friday, even as President …
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Zac Anderson / USA Today:
Trump tied with Biden in Florida despite campaign setbacks, new Suffolk University/USA TODAY Network poll finds — | Sarasota Herald-Tribune Show Caption Hide Caption … The presidential race is tied in Florida with less than 30 days to go, according to a new Suffolk University/USA TODAY Network poll …
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CNN:
Trump off the air in Ohio and Iowa as polls show tight races in both states
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Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Stop Telling Joe Biden What to Do
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Facebook removes Trump post falsely saying flu is more lethal than Covid — (CNN)Facebook on Tuesday removed a post from President Trump in which he falsely claimed that Covid-19 is less deadly than the seasonal flu. — Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed the company removed the post …
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Pew Research Center:
Unfavorable Views of China Reach Historic Highs in Many Countries — Majorities say China has handled COVID-19 outbreak poorly — This analysis focuses on cross-national views of China. The work builds on previous studies released in the summer of 2020 on Americans' views of China and the international image of the U.S.
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Josh Kaplan / DCist:
Thousands Of D.C. Renters Are Evicted Every Year. Do They All Know To Show Up To Court? | DCist — This story is the result of a months-long investigative project in partnership with Spotlight DC. Evictions have been suspended in D.C. since Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a state …
630 KHOW:
Sen Ron Johnson (R-WI) discusses his positive COVID19 diagnosis — Sen. Ron Johnson took his 6th precautionary COVID test a few days ago, fully expecting his 6th negative because he felt absolutely fine. The test, however, came back positive so now he's in his third quarantine.
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CNN:
North Carolina elementary school teacher dies days after testing positive for Covid-19 — (CNN)A third-grade teacher died in North Carolina days after testing positive for Covid-19 and while her students were quarantined as a result of the exposure. — Julie Davis, who taught …
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The Weirdest 90 Seconds in Presidential History — Don't cry for Donnie, America. The truth is, he never left you. — Donald Trump's photo op on the Truman Balcony following his return to the White House with COVID-19 is one of the most disturbing, absorbing, foreign images I can recall.
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